DAY 4 - STUDENT GUIDEUsing Primary Sources to Analyze Nativism against the Irish.Todays Lesson will focus on what life was like in the 1840's for Irish Immigrants that migrated to the U.S. in search of jobs and opportunities. You will have to analyze 2 Primary Sources to determine if and how the Irish were discriminated against.

  • Content Objectives
SWBAT evaluate if the term Paddy Wagon is a derogatory term.
SWBAT analyze two Primary Sources using the APPARTS Chart and identify the Author's POV.
SWBAT evaluate if the Sources show Nativism and why.
  • Technology Objective
SWBAT create and share a Voicethread.

Tasks:
1) Activator - Paddy Wagons
2) Analyze 2 Primary Sources using the APPARTS Chart
3) Create a Voicethread analyzing how the sources show Nativism
4) Revisit your Activator response

Process

1) Read the following Articleon the term Paddy Wagons

  • Copy and Paste the following questions in your wiki on DAY 3.

  1. Is the term, Paddy Wagon, an Irish Racial Slur?
  2. What makes a slur racist or prejudiced? Does it depend on who says it? Or does it depend on who it's being said to?
  3. Does the term show Nativism against the Irish today? Why/Why Not?




2) Analyzing Two Primary Sources using the APPARTS Chart


  • As a GROUP, choose twoof the seven primary sources below.
  • Individually, use the internet and conduct background researchon the Primary Sources.
    • Find the Yearthe Source was created,
    • the Author(might be a person or an organization),
    • and the Place(where it was created).
  • Use the APPARTS Analysis Chart below to record your findings(include the html of where you got your information from)
  • Complete the rest of the Chart to the best of your ability
  • Pair/Sharethe Chart
  • Upload the two Charts to DAY 4 of your wiki.
  • Copy and Answerthe following Question under the Charts
      1. What is the author's POV (Point of View)?
      2. Does the Source show Nativism? and Why do you say that? (Bullet list what evidence in the source convinces you of that)


PRIMARY SOURCES

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1. The Poorhouse From Galway

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2. The Irish Declaration of Independence

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3. The Inevitable Result to the American Workingman of Indiscriminate Immigration

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4. The Most Recently Discovered Wild Beast

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5. Uncle Sam's Lodging-House


6. The Christian Examiner

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7. Contrasted Faces


3) Create a Voicethread using the Student Run Discussion format


Prompt: How do the primary sources documents you analyzed above show Nativism against the Irish in the 1840's? What's the author's POV? Use evidence to prove your point. (In other words, how does the author depict the Irish? Is this Nativist? What evidence in the sources proves that it shows Nativism.)


HOW I create the Voicethread:


WHO is doing what:

Each group of 4 will analyze 2 documents on ONE voicethread. Each voicethread should have a minimum of 8 comments in total (2 from each person in the group).

WHAT I need to include in my Voicethread:
  1. ...Use the 2 sources you analyzed above as the visuals for your Voicethread Discussion. ( If you use the Christian Examiner Source, choose 2 quotes as illustrations of your thesis.)
  2. ...Use the APPARTS Chart and the 2 Questions you answered below the APPARTS Chart as your evidence in your discussion.
  3. ...Show a deep understanding of Nativism while analyzing how the source shows Nativism.

HOW I am getting graded (Assessments):



WHERE: Embed your Voicethread in your Day 4 wiki page under the Activator


4. Revisit your Activator Response


  • In red revisit and revise your Task One Activator.
  • Task: Now that you know more about Nativism against the Irish in the 1800's, do you believe that the term Paddy Wagon used today is a racist slur? Why/Why Not?


Conclusion:

You have analyzed 2 primary sources to analyze Nativism against the Irish in the late 1800's. As you know, Nativism takes many overt (obvious) forms including job discrimination and religious intolerance, but Nativism is also more insidious in American culture and includes racist and sexist ideology. The term “Paddy Wagon” to describe the police truck used to arrest the disorderly is a remnant of this Nativism against the Irish that still used today in the 21st Century.


Resources:

www.voicethread.com

More political cartoons from Puck Magazine:
JosephKeppler: Puck Magazine

Text Book:
Ameican Anthem Text Book

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Analyze the change in Rural and Urban Populations using a graph. Infer the causes, the positive and negative effects of increased Urbanization and how reformers will attempt to fix the social problems accompanied with increased Urbanization.: